Rarely does an album place you in the exact environment which its creators would have you experience. Even rarer, in my experience, is when such is achieved within the wide reaching scope of post-metal; albums can be loose in their effort to engage the listener and they tend to be vague in their atmospheric axis points. The lines of latitude are often blurred and while an atmosphere is usually present it can be an altogether indifferent experience as you fail to identify your location. Yet listening to Cult Of Luna's latest release Vertikal you'll likely be more the wiser about your surroundings.

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My first taste of the band, and what a delicious one it is too! I don't normally listen to this type of music but I'm glad I made sure to check out the new CoL album, since I've heard a lot of good things about it recently. The longer songs do take time to amount to truly phenomenal climaxes but it's the atmosphere created by every instrument that really makes this sound worthwhile to listen to. In particular the furious 'I: the weapon' and 'Synchronicity' both amaze me with their consistency and although the few songs that run under 5 minutes don't appear to add to the album in any way, it's unnoticeable when trying to take all this album in one go.

It was noise. It's so awkward that "Noise" can be recorded and is being released. Why people waste their money on such a kind of stuff. You may buy a broken mincer and stick your ear to it. I bet it has more desirable sound than "Cult of Luna" !!

Yes I may be drinking a lot of the fan-boy koolaid but this album gets better and better with each listen. In Awe Of is the best song they've ever written and is one of my favorite songs EVER! So good...

Vertikal II is an EP, details have just been revealed ... the EP contains 3 new songs recorded during Vertikal I and a remix by Godflesh's Justin K. Broadrick.
http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=72371&band_id=532&bandname=Cult+Of+Luna

I can recognize its merits, especially since I've been listening to this album for months. My current opinion on the matter: it's a very good record, and I love the stylistic elements they have brought to these songs, but unfortunately the execution is a little bit boring to me relative to the other post-metal albums I've heard. Cult of Luna has done better. I rounded up to an 8.

Ok, quite intrigued about that now although I believe this is certainly more impressive since they were inspired by a particular movie and tried to incorporate the same images and evoke it through the music and to succeed with something like that at this level is quite an impressive feat.

...so how would you call it? Pure-fucking-sludge? I say NO. There are post-metal landscapes, deal with it

I think this album ('Void Mother' by Obscure Sphinx) can't be clearly categorized (many reviewers try to do it, like some fucking robots). There are also clearly doom/progressive landscapes, and much more, which may be called in the broad sense atmo - experimental. I agree that the post-metal is a kind of starting point here, but I say NO a categorical "compartmentalization" such a wonderful, versatile album. ( *I propose to continue this topic in 'Void Mother', not in "Vertikal" )

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17.12.2013 - 22:15

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Don't know about "pure-fucking-sludge", but Obscure Sphinx sure isn't Post-Metal to me. Post elements are withdrawn and in the background, accentuating the emphasis on the "clean" sludge ala Ortega.

As for this album; I think it's quickly becoming my favorite of theirs. I can't get enough of the urban mood being conveyed.